Next summer, $45 or less will get you a seat in most stadiums, arenas and pools in and around Toronto when some of the best athletes in the world come here to compete at the 2015 Pan Am Games.

But if you want front-row seats for Cirque du Soleil’s opening ceremony or the 100-metre final at the track, you’ll need a bigger withdrawal from the ATM, early planning and a little bit of luck.

Tickets for the July 10, 2015 opening ceremony will start at $100, with the best seats in the house going for $350.

The ticket request phase, which will act as a lottery for the high-demand events, opens on Sept. 15 at 10 a.m. and runs until Oct. 6 at 9 p.m.

“Our ceremonies and gold-medal event tickets will be in great demand, so we encourage everyone to plan their Games experience now,” said Saäd Rafi, chief executive officer of the TO2015 organizing committee.

Overall, “our tickets are priced to be affordable for families — more than 75 per cent will be $45 or less,” he said.

Some tickets, including soccer, baseball and rugby, start at as little as $20.

More than 6,000 athletes from 41 countries in the Americas and Caribbean will compete at the Games from July 10 to 26, the largest multi-sport Games ever held in Canada.

Ticket requests from Sept. 15 to Oct. 6 can be placed at TORONTO2015.org/tickets or by telephone toll-free within Canada and the U.S. at 1-855-726-2015 and internationally at 1-949-333-4824.

Customers will hear back in late November about which tickets they got.

All remaining tickets will be available through general sale in December.